*Also referred to as eLearning, virtual learning, WBT, CBT, IBT, distance education . . .
History 1. Parents educated children on their own and through apprenticeships 2. Horace Mann—Industrial Age--Immigrants—State takes away education responsibilities from parents for all to speak the same language and have the same skill sets (students have a change in attitudes and values from parents) *Homeschooling movement trying to take educational responsibility back from the state 3. Age of Technology--Lifelong Learning—customizing learning for each one’s needs, interests, and abilities . . . parents doing more with videos, computers, etc. Society doing more with workplace learning (virtual simulations—2nd Life), learning centers, educational TV and videos, technical certifications, online social/learning groups, etc.
From Collins, A. and Halverson, R. (2009). Rethinking education in the age of technology: The digital revolution and schooling in America. New York: Teachers College Press.
*Also referred to as eLearning, virtual learning, WBT, CBT, IBT, distance education . . .
1. Parents educated children on their own and through apprenticeships
2. Horace Mann—Industrial Age--Immigrants—State takes away education responsibilities from parents for all to speak the same language and have the same skill sets (students have a change in attitudes and values from parents)
*Homeschooling movement trying to take educational responsibility back from the state
3. Age of Technology--Lifelong Learning—customizing learning for each one’s needs, interests, and abilities . . . parents doing more with videos, computers, etc. Society doing more with workplace learning (virtual simulations—2nd Life), learning centers, educational TV and videos, technical certifications, online social/learning groups, etc.
From Collins, A. and Halverson, R. (2009). Rethinking education in the age of technology: The digital revolution and schooling in America. New York: Teachers College Press.
Pros and Cons
Video from Learning Matters: Cyber Schools: Virtual Innovation?
Student Qualities for Online Learning
Quizzes from Internet Academy: Washington's First Online School
Student Skills Quiz
Technology Skills Quiz
Teacher Qualities for Online Teaching
What Makes a Great Online Teacher?
22 Tips for Better Teaching Online
Course Qualities for Online Learning
17 Elements of Good Online Courses
NEA's Guide to Teaching Online Courses
Hybrid/Blended Learning
What Is It?
Blended Learning in Plain English
The Basics of Blended Learning
Classifying Blended Learning
Examples
Flipped ClassroomBlended Learning at Millis High School
Blended Learning, Real Teaching
Blended Learning: What Does It Look Like For A Teacher?
What Is It?
ExamplesFlipped Classroom--Improved!
What A Flipped Classroom Is Not . . .
Khan Academy
Salmon Khan: Let's Use Video To Reinvent Education (TED Talk)
Khan Academy Website
Why I Flipped My Classroom
The Flipped Classroom
The Flipped Classroom Solves the Problem of Differentiation
Tools that FDCSD Supports to Help With Implementing Online Learning
Moodle
My Big Campus
Schoology
Edmodo
YouTube/Educational Video Library (EVL)
Examples of Current Online Schools/Learning Opportunities
* State: Iowa Learning Online
*District: Iowa Connections Academy
*Commercial: Iowa Virtual Academy
* State: Florida Virtual Schools
*Commercial: The Keystone School
Online Learning Resources
* Iowa AEA Online Professional Development
* AEA Online Learning Information
* MIT Open Courseware
*Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT)
*E-Learning for Kids
*Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
*GCF Learn Free
*Educational Gaming Resources (SlideShare)
Technology and Education Resources
*Edutopia
Example: Success Stories of Technology Integration In The Classroom
*TED Talks (Themes)
Example: Changing Education Paradigms
* Scott McLeod's Dangerously Irrelevant
Example: A Robust System of Online Learning
*THE Journal
Example: 5 K-12 E-Learning Trends
*Richard Byrne's Free Technology For Teachers
Example: Ask the OWLS--Learn and Teach Online
*International Association for K-12 Online Lerning (iNACOL)
*Cool Tools For Schools
* Seth Godin's //Stop Stealing Dreams//